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As the FE says - it hints at a DOS history as all modern programs should install to Program Files. I'm not sure, if it served the requirement, I'd go quite as far as to say it was an absolute no-no but I believe FE was referring to that as a practice rather than turning down the app based on that point alone. I shouldn't speak for the FE but I think that's the point.

To give an example of the reasonable and excellent support provided for it, we wanted to extract some data from it into an office application and the developer offered to develop a custom extract for us for the price of a "professional" version of the software - which was not a lot of money at all.

would be to start with a couple of simple of Spread Sheets. But it depends, very much, on the type of business and ones aspirations.

If you chose a package that your Accountant cannot read, e.g. No Staff Member trained to use it, one could be talking about adding about £500 to your Audit Fee and being shuffled to the end of the queue.

Unless the business is never going to reach the VAT Threshold or have any employees. I would advise you to take your Accountant's advice.

Linux provides a number of free accounting packages capable of providing support for a medium sized business.

GNUCash is probably one of the best known click here and more recently, one that comes to mind is NolaPro click here which if you're into reselling products, can be set up as a point of sale system, along with the accounting package. NolaPro can be used on Linux or Windows.

wee eddie's point has merit and a lot of accountants use Sage, which is good, but pricey. However, most new businesses accounts will not be so complex as to alter cost drastically and if the accountant you choose tells you otherwise, I would suggest you take another look at your choice of accountant.

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